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...Saturday and his weekly radio address to vow that the U.S. would stand with the Iraqi people to ensure that their "young democracy is stable and secure and successful." But nerves are fraying. Nearly a year ago Bush landed on an aircraft carrier and proclaimed an end to "major combat operations" in Iraq. His approval rating then was 63%. Now, according to a new TIME/CNN poll, Bush's rating is 49%, the lowest level since he took office. Though 55% approve of the job he is doing on terrorism, 51% disapprove of the way he is handling the situation...
...pressing task is to keep allied troops in Iraq from bugging out. Even if most stay, U.S. military officials complain that the other foreign troops in Iraq showed last week that they don't have permission from their governments to engage in heavy fighting and lack the firepower to combat even minor foes like al-Sadr's militia. Nor are the Iraqi security forces recruited and trained by the U.S. ready for prime time...
However, the development of technology, like the atomic bomb, used in this age-old combat have new and serious environmental consequences...
University policy, however, offers little weaponry to combat this large-scale apathy towards making the hike to take in a game...
...years ago, the Harvard “H-Club” was founded to combat this lack of information, utilizing the vigor of already hooked students to lure hopefully hundreds more out of the Yard and down to the athletic fields...